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SEVEN DAYS MORE
And the Fifty-first Congress
Will Be Ended.
SOME LIVELY TALK IN THE HC USE.
ItuttervrortH and Funaton Lock Horns,
and Mt-Kinley Has a Skirmish vrlth the
Minority Great Fun at a Night St union
Report on a Contested Flection Case
The House Again Hold Two Sessions
in One Day Weaver as Alliance Candi
date for President.
Washington-City. Feb. 2. The debato
yesterday io the house was pretty lively
from be ginning to end. but business was
puliel forward with considerable rapid
ity notwithstanding the frequent squab
bles. The first skirmish was over a spe
cial order to come to a vote on the ship
jiiu' subsidy. McMillin and Mills both
tippled the order, and said it was simply
in line with the policy of the majority.
The new rules had been adopted for four
reasons: To pass the elections bill, the
direct tax bill, the tariff bill, and the
shipping Kubidy. Three of these had
been passed, ami now the gag was to be
put on to pass the fourth. McKinley said
that the practice of "making special orders
had been in vogue since the Forty-sixth
congress; then it had been done in viola
tion of the rules, and now the rules pro
vided for that method.
The Verdict of November.
The majority were responsible for public
legislation, and it should be permitted to
put its purpose into public law ti be
tried only before the great tribunal of the
American people. "To that tribunal we
omlidently commit the work of the l ifty
lirst congress. If the gentlemen on the
other side imagine that the verdict of last
November was based on the public legisla
tion of the Fifty-hrst congress they are
veiy much mistaken and in error. I don't
believe that there is a gentleman who has
studied the causes that led to the verdict
in November who can conscientiously de
clare that it was based on thewori of
this congress."
' What was it?" queried the Democrats.
McKinley The majority on the tloor
having only a tew days derisive laugh
ter on the Democratic siiiej and all of us
being here, with our seats well fillet'., we
propose to go on and complete the work
ul the Fil'ty-firt congress, no matter what
t'M ruction may be put in our waj by
gentlemen on that, side of the chamber.
Republican applause.
I u ton Runs Afoul of liut W-rworl h.
The order having been adopted, am: the
house having gone into committee on the
agricultural appropriation, Funstoi. of
Kansas, who hud charge of the bill.got into
a controversy with Dutterworth. The letter
bavins made a remark which irritated 1 'un
ston, Funston made an attack upon him,
in which he alluded to the office which -iut-tcrworth
occupies in the World's fair
commission, and said that if that geutle
man, whose name was associated with the
anti-option bill, had taken as muchiime
to forwarding that measure as he ha 1 to
drawing his salary as secretary of the
World's fair, the measure would now have
U'eu passed a measure which would bring
great relief to the agricultural interes-.s.
"JIurled" the Insinuation Back.
Butterworth, in reply.charged Funston,
as chairman of the committee on agricul
ture, with neglecting the interests of the
farmers. The gentleman, he said, was
actively concerned about the anti-option
bill. Haifa million farmers bad asked
the gentleman over and over again, as
chairman of the committee, to get up and
move the consideration of the measure.
Had he done it? Cries of "No, no!" Not
at all. He had not moved in that direc
tion, but had stood trembling like an as
pen leaf under the favor of the speaker.
(Great laughter and loud applause on the
Democratic side. He Butterwoith had
at least the courage of his convictions.
Applause.
Funston denied that he had failed t do
his duty in regard to the option bilL
Hatch Returns Thanks.
Hatch of Missouri, after deploring the
condition of the farmers of the country,
made a speech in favor of free coicage
and a reduction of taxation. He ;ilso
touched upon the option bill and critic.sed
the majority, and especially the chairraan
of the committee of agriculture, for not
acting upon the question. The gentleman
from Ohio McKinley had said that there
were but a few more hours of this con
gress. Thank God for it. Democratic
applause.
Spinola Lay it on, brother. Latgh
ter. Hatch "We will all join in the Doiology
next Wednesday. Laughter,
Hatch, continuing, said that the req lest
of the farmers for the passage of the op
tion bill should be acceded to before they
demand and no longer plead.
Cannon You can pass it next session.
Hatch 'And we will pass it next session,
and we will pass every other bill that is
constitutional and is demanded by the peo
ple of the country. Democratic applause.
Great Times at the Night Session.
When the house met at night it was
manifest that congress was drawing to a
close. Every member who addressed the
chair was laughed at, cheered and ap
plauded by bis colleagues, irrespective of
party lines. The disorder was great and
incessant, and the chair was utterly una
ble to prevent it. Again and again he ap
pealed to members to preserve order, bat
his appeals vere unavailing. As the hour
grew later be proceedings became mora,
noisy and it was with extreme difficulty
that the chairman preserved a semblance
of order.
Increase in Internal Revenue Receipt.
Washington City; Feb. 26. A etae
nient prepared by Internal Revenue Com
missioner Mason shows that for the first
seven months of the current fiscal year
the collect-' tns from internal revenue
amounted to $87,000,934, an increase over
the same months last year of $7,487,413.
The principal items of increase wera:
Spirits, $3,519,4'2; tobacco, $1,881,173; er
inented liquors, $1,890,060; oleomargarine,
$100,000.
The Congressional Brief.
Washington City, Feb. 26. In the ten
ate yesterday resolutions of sorrow at the
death of Senator Wilson, of Mary la ad,
were adopted and after a few appropriate
remarks the senate, as a mark of respect,
adjourned.
The house adopted a resolution mak ng
the shipping bill a special order for to-tlay
and to-morrow, the previous question to
be considered as ordered at 5 o'clock this
evening. The immigration bill was pasned
and the house went into committee of the
whole on the agricultural appropriation
THE
MIL Without disposing of the bill the
iihc. xiie umid or senator
Wilson was announced and after eulo
gistic remarks the house adjourned to 8
?. m. At that hour the house for the sec
ond time in its history held a second ses
sion in one day, Burrows in the chair.
The report of the silver pool committee
was submitted, and then in committee the
agricultural appropriation was completed
nd the general deficiency bill considered.
I3 first bill was then passed and the
house adjourned.
The Woman's Council Adjourns.
Washington City, Feb. 26 The Wom
an's council adjourned last night. The
last act of the retiring president. Miss
Willard, was the introduction of Mrs.
May Wright Sewall, the new president,
and the other newly elected officers, the
members of the council enthusiastically
cheeriDg and waving handkerchiefs. One
Df the last speeches made was by Mrs. Pot
ter Palmer, of Chicago, who promised
that the woman's department at the
World's fair should be all that could be
desired. There was much enthusiasm
when Mrs. Lucy Stone was introduced,
the entire audience arising. The council
will next meet in this city in 1S95.
A Sort of Scotch Verd'irt.
Washington city, Feb. 2.-Rowell,
from the committee on elections, submit
ted to the house yesterday the report in
the contested election case of Kernaghan
vs. Hooker, of the Seventh congressional
district of Mississippi. The report says
that the evidence shows a state of affair
in the district that can neither be excused
nor palliated; that taking all the evidence
together the committee is satisfied that
frauds sufficient to invalidate the election
were committed, but that the number of
fraudulent votes actually proved Wing
insufficient to overcome the majority re
turned, it recommends that Kernaghan
be permitted to retain his seat.
An Alliance Stan's Views.
Washington City, Feb. 2t5. John Da
vis, Alliance congressman-elect from Kan
sas, says that the Alliance will have a
presidential ticket for 1S93, and that "Gen.
Weaver of Iowa, for president, and Polk
of North Carolina, the president of the
Alliance, for vice president are spoken f
as the ticket. No one can say what w.Il
be the result. It may throw the election
into the house.
FRENCH ANTI-GERMAN SPLEEN.
Kxliibiteil on the Occasion of Km press
Frederick's Yii.it to Paris.
IX)MON, Feb. 20. The sentiment
among Parisian artists against represen
tation at the Berlin Art exhibition is
growing more bitter, and Detaille and
Botinat are almost subjected to a boycott.
M. Bonnat has quoted the incident of the
conferring of the Cross of the legion of
Honor on Heir Uhde, tile German painter,
as a precedent of courtesy toward the
Berlin exhibition. To this his critics re
ply that the cross was awarded for pict
ures exhibited in Paris and not in Berlin.
Wrath of the "League of Tatriots."
The organization known as the League
of Patriots has violently denounced the
visit of Empress Frederick of Germany to
the palace of Versailles on Monday last.
The League has decided to hold daily
meetings of protest until the imperial vis
itor leaves the city. It is known here that
in Berlin it was expected that President
Carnot would call upon Empress Freder
ick, but after a special cabinet meeting
had been held and the question had been
fully discussed, it was decided that, as
Empress Frederick was traveling incog
nito, the French government could com
promise the matter by sending the chief
of President Carnot's military household.
Gen. Brugere, and M. Ribot, the minister
of foreign affairs, to call upon the ex
empress. , It Worried the Cabinet.
This was accordingly done, Gen. Bru
gere and M. Ribot calling at the German
embassy and inscribing their name in the
i isitors' book. This question of etiquette
was undoubtedly the cause of much anx
iety and worry to the members of the
French cabinet, and was made the subject
of a long and earnest discussion before it
was finally concluded that the govern
ment could not dare to risk the verdict of
public opinion in case President Carnot
called upon the imperial visitor to Paris.
REMARKABLE SCENE IN LONDON.
The Funeral of a "Jack the Ripper" Vic
tim Attended by Thousands.
London, Feb. 26. The city yesterday
was he scene of a most remarkable spec
tacle in the funeral of the Coles woman,
otherwise known as "Carroty Nell," whose
murder has created such excitement The
woman, who could not have mustered
half a dozen friends before the tragedy,
was followed to the grave by an enormous
multitude of mourners. The crowds made
angry demonstrations against the police,
whom they seemed to regard in some way
responsible for the crime, or at least for
not having captured Jack the Ripper be
fore he claimed so many victims. Most of
the crowd dropped oft on the way, but a
straggling procession continued for four
miles, as far as the East End cemetery.
The woman's coffin was deluged with
flowers. It was with difficulty that the
police prevented a serious demonstration
of popular anger.
Some Canadian Politics.
OTTAWA, Canada, Feb. 26. Itisasserted
here that a deal has been made between
Sir John McDonald, the Conservative
leader, with the Roman Catholic church
of Quebec, by which that church is to sup
port the Conservatives, and in return par
liament will disallow the recent anti
Romish legislation adopted in Manitoba.
This legislation aat down on the parochial
school idea, and requires that the only of
ficial and schoil language shall be Eng
lish. A Fie. lie Base Ballist.
Plymouth, Mass., Feb. 26. In the su
perior court Tuesday Edith M. Flack, of
Plymouth, was granted a divorce nisi for
desertion from Charles IL Flack, a pro
fessional base ball player. The evidence
showed that the couple were married here
five years ago, and that they remained to
gether only one night. On the following
day Flack left his wife, and she has not
seen him since.
Many Firemen Overcome by Smoke.
Montreal, Feb. 26 Thirty-two stalls
in the Bonsecours market were destroyed
by fire Tuesday, entailing a loss of about
$30,000. Intense excitement was caused
during the progress of the fire by the re
moval of twenty-one firemen from the
building in an unconscious state from the
dense smoke. All the men were taken to
the hospital, where it was said they would
recover.
ARGUS. THUKSDAY.
I nCATU rt? A - i 4kirf-nM I I 1 ' a
w' MEDICAL.
Tragical Sequel to a Defiance, O., Scan
dalous Sensation.
Defiance. O., Feb. 26. -John Mull, jan
itor of the high school at this place, re
cently circulated reports to the effect that
he had witnessed compromising conduct
between Superintendent Butler, of the
school, and several lady teachers. The
ladies are highly respectable, and citlz -ns,
aid particularly the young men. were
much worked up. Butler demanded an
investigation. Tuesday the board of edu
cation held an investigation and vindi
cated all parties. Superintendent Butler
biing reinstated."
Iid the Janitor Kill Himself?
A masked carnival was held at the rink
Tuesday night, and a mob congregated,
possibly to frighten Mull, ordohini in
jury. The crowd called at MulJ's home,
but he fled through a rear door. Yester
d ty morning Mull's dead body was found
on the tracks of the Wabash railroad, with
both legs severed andwith several wounds
in the breast, evidently inflicted with a
poc ket knife, which was found near by.
It is supposed that Mull killed himself in
order to prevent any efforts that might lie
made to hold him responsiblefor his slan
derous statements.
ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS.
The Commonwealth Loan and Trust
Company, of Boston, has been forced iuto
liquidation.
The People's National bank of New Ibe
ria, La., capital 0,0uo, has been author
ized to liegiti business.
The Ohio river reached its limit at Cin
cinnati Wednesday, and the danger is past
of a disastrous overflow.
The treasury department Wednesday
purchased Cii.i.iKK) ounces of silver at from
fn.HT'J to $t.iK per ounce.
The failure of Prier.Wotton Si Co., lum
ber merchants of ixni.lon, is announced.
With liabilities of JC3!u,0(K).
Commissioner Skiff, of Colorado, has
been appointed chief of the bureau of
mines and mining of the Columbian fair.
The country on each side of the Tom big
bee river in Mississippi for twenty miles
is flooded, and great damage has been
done.
The interior department has notified
"boomers" going into the Cherokee strip
that they do so at their own peril, and a
t roop of cavalry has b.-en ordered to eject
them.
Thomas F. Byrnes, police inspect lr of
-w iorK c uy, lias oeeli knighted by the
kina; of Italy for services to Italian imn i
grants and to t he Italian government by
the arrest of brigands escaping to tue
United States,
Heavy loss?s from western investments
have forced the Windsor (VO National
bank to go into liquidation. The depos.t
ors will be paid in full ai.d the stockhold
ers will pioiiably receive .V) p-r cent. m
the present capital, which is $.V),0trj.
The negroes in Texas lielieve that the
object of the state legislature in passing
a ioll tax law, with a provision that t! e
tax receipt must lie shown at the po'.ls
b'fore a citizen cau vote, is an attempt to
disfranchise them, and a call has bun
issued for convention to consider that and
other matters alTecting the negroes' polit
ical rights.
Costly Blaze at Minneapolis.
Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 26. At 1
o'clock this morning the five-story block
on Fifth street near Hennepiu. owned by
Sol Smith Russell, the actor, and occu
pied by the Clare-Speaker conipanv,
paints and oils, and J. M. Roberts' four
story block, occupied by K. B. Garde
ner, hardware, burned. Mr. Russell's loss
is $7,( 00; Clare-Speaker company, .i0.00i';
J. M. Roberts, $40,000; II. 11. Gardener,
&J5.000. Offices on one end of the lumber
exchange, a twelve-story brown stone
block, valued at $1,0J0,U0. were burned
oat
A Train tVrei krr .sentenced.
CAMDEN, X. J., Ftb. 'JR. Dennis Mc
Cluskey, of Gloucester, has leeii sen
tenced to five years in the stat;'s
prison and $jiK) fine for repeate I at;em ts
to wreck passenger trains on the Camden,
Gloucester and Mount F.phraim railroa.L
The Owner of the Geneata Iead.
London, Feb. -Jii. Sir Richard Francis
Sutton, owner of the Genesta, is dead,
aged 37 years
The Weather We May College.
Washington Citt. Feb. 2a The following
are the weather indications for thirty-six hours
from 8 p. m. yewterday: For Indiana and
Lower Michigan Decidedly colder weather;
northwesterly winds; fair Thursday: old
ware; continued cold and fair Friday. For Il
linoisFair weather Thursday; northerly
winds; colder in southeast, slightly warmer by
Friday morning io north went portion: slightly
wanner and fair Friday. For Upper Micln in
and Wisconsin Fair weather Thorsdy;
shifting northwesterly winds; slightly colder;
fair and wanner Friday. For Iowa Fair
weather Thursday: northwesterly winds, be
coming variable; slightly warmer Friday.
THE MARKETS.
Chicago.
Chicago. Feb. 25.
The quotation on th board of trade to-day
were as follows: Wheat No. 2 February,
opened KPic closed SCe; May, opened o4c,
closed S0J4c; July, opened St."1-, close 1 SCHc
Corn No. 2 February, opened 53V. closed
WHic; May. opened &V6. closed iVc; July,
opened Mc, dotted WM. Oats No, May,
opened and closed 474c; June, opened Ayc,
closed 4014c; July, opened 4.'sc closed tc
Pork March, opened SSI.37H. closed S9.47V:
May, opened tV.oTtf, closed $9.75; July, opened
$.7K. closed 10.O74. Lard -March, opened
fMTJi, closed 35.034.
Livestock Following were the prices at the
Union Stock yards: Bogs Market opened
active and firm, prices S&Mc higher especially
on light lote; light grades t-i.VaeU; rough
packing, $a3&3-45; mixed lota. $3.a&au;
heavy packing and shipping lota, $3.5UQ3.6&.
Cattle Beef steers, S40.fta3.W; stackers and
feeders, $2.2533.75; oows and bulls, tL5U3.50;
calves; $2,50900. Sheep-Trade brisk: $4.09
5.7U; Iambs, S&.5040.15.
Produce: Butter Fancy separator. tBc per
lb; dairies, fancy fresh, 35c; packing stocks,
fresh, la&Uc. Eggs-Fresh candied, torn off.
10c per do. Dressed poultry Chickens, G&t&j
per lb; roosters. So: docks, 10dl2c; turkeys,
mixed lots, 10&L3c; choice hen turkeys, laM
hk; geese, 7tc. Potatoes White Bom a&sfUUo
per bu for seed; Hebron, 8892; Peerless, Kt
90c; Burbanks, 069t)c; Eariy Ohio seed. $L40t
I. 50. Sweet potatoes Jerseys, $3.00a&&. Ap
ples Cooking, $3.XA4.O0 par bbi; eating, $4.00
500; choice, $3.74.50. Cranberries-Bell
and cherry, $S.OU9.UO; bell and bogles, $1o.0UGa
II. 00.
New York.
Kiw Tork, Feb, t
Wheat No. S red winter, $l.Uj cash: do
May, $1.08; do June, $l.(JU. Corn -No. 1
mixed cash, 63c; do March, 64-r; do May, B2c
Oats Dull; No. 2 mixed caHh, to,4c; do May,
&3c Rye-Dull. Barley -DuU. Pork-Quiet:
mesa, $1(1.5 iftll.UO for new. 'Lard-Quiet;
May. $0.04; July. $8 41.
Livestock: Cattle-Traling dull and market
10c V 100 tvs lower on all grades: poorest to
best native steers, $4JU5.67, ft 100 tie
bulls and d-y cows. $2.00aw. Sheep and
Lmbe Market firm' and active; sheep, $500a
fiS V 100 ts. Iambs, I8.O037.IS. Hogs-Nomin-ally
steady; lire bogs, $3.40iS.9t!) ) 1X)
FBJiBUAKX 20. 1891.
You've tried Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription have
you and you're disappointed.
The results are not immedi
ate. And did you expect the dis
ease of years to disappear in
a week ? Put a pinch of time
in every dose. You would
not call the milk poor because
the cream doesn't rise in an
hour? If there's no water in
it the cream is sure to rise.
If there's a possible cure, Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription
is sure to effect it, if given a
fair trial.
You get your one dollar it
costs back again if it don't
benefit or cure you.
Vc wish we could give you
the makers' confidence. They
show it by giving the money
back again, in all cases not
benefited, and it'd surprise you
to know how few dollars arc
needed to keep up the refund.
Mild, gentle, soothing and
healing is Dr. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy. Cures the worst
cases pcrimncntly. No ex
perimenting. It's " Old Re
liable." Twenty-five years of
success. Of druggists.
HUMPHREYS'
VETERIKARY SPECIFICS
Per Horse:, Cattle, Sleep. Icr Sen.
AND POULTHT.
300 Pace Hook on Treatment of Animals
and 4 hart f-cni Free.
rTCFScFrvera.ronseattana.Tnaamwiai iea
A., luminal .lleninstt in, ilk Kever.
II.II.lraina. I.imriro. It heatnaliaia.
'.f-. ttteraer. Nnnnl Discharges.
1. ll.liotii or llraka. Worm.
K.F..4 OBKb. Heaven, roratnneta.
V. I-.Colic er iripe. Ilelljrarhe.
IvV.""- I,"ra rriage, llemorrhasea.
11.11. I rlnary aad Htdaey lit .ease.
I.I. Eraplive Oiaeaae. Mange.
J.K. Diseases er Digrstien, taralyaia.
Single Bottle (over 50 d.xeM. - . .jjjj
stable Caae, with Kjw-lfl. MinnL
X eU rlnary Cure Oil an1 Hedlcalor.
Jar Wtcrinary Care Oil. . . i.O0
Sold by Drugffists; or Sent Frepiij anywhere
and in any quaanty on Beceipt 01 Pric.
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worner William and John Stm.. New York.
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Ladies' Pebble Goat Shoe in A, B, C, D, E, EE, at a great sacrifice.
Misses' and Childrens Shoes'at a great reduction.
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